It was quite a run for the Los Gatos Little League 11-year-old all-stars this summer, but in the end they simply gave up too many runs and their season came to an end.

That wasn’t until the Gatos ‘stars won a couple of games at the Division 2 Northern California championship tournament, though, and finished the postseason with an impressive 12-3 record.

That record included championships in the District 44 and Section tournament, and then the trip to the NorCals in Fresno.

Gatos opened the tourney with a lopsided 20-7 win over Delta Little League before losing a 7-6 heartbreaker to Rocklin. The locals stayed alive by edging Red Bluff 6-5, but then were eliminated in an 11-7 loss to Lafayette.

Despite the 2-2 finish, the 11’s pushed across an impressive 39 runs in the four games.

Pacing the Los Gatos offense throughout the playoffs was slugger Shane Doty, who hit .630 with 13 home runs (three of three grand slams) and 44 runs-batted-in in the 15 games.

Doty blasted a grand slam and a single, but it was Owen Tsunoda and Kai Hori leading the bat attack in the tourney opening win over Delta.

Tsunoda was 5 for 5 with three runs scored and three RBIs and Hori was 3 for 4 with a homer, three runs scored and four ribbies. Zach Webb was also 3 for 4 and drove in three runs and Aiden Schenkel, Finn Reid and Jackson Benjamin had two hits each.

Ryan Nelson chipped in with a single and Jensen Koch and Alex Grado each walked and scored.

Los Gatos unloaded for seven runs in the first inning to take a lead it would never relinquish. Gatos then broke the game open with a seven-run third.

Pitchers Doty, Webb, Reid and Hori teamed to toss Los Gatos to the win. Hori went the final 2 2/3 frames to nail down the victory.

Things didn’t go as well against Rocklin a day later. The locals banged out another 10 hits, but lost 7-6.

Hori was 3 for 3 with a double and Doty singled and homered to drive in three runs.

Alex Faugno ripped a double and Benjamin, Schenkel, Webb and Koch each singled.

Gatos took the early lead when Doty’s three-run homer keyed a four-run first inning rally. The locals built that lead to 6-2 before Rocklin struck for five in the bottom of the fifth to take the lead and ultimately the win.

There was still plenty of fight left in the Los Gatos kids, though. Manager Tom Doty’s crew fought back with a 7-6 win over Red Bluff in an elimination game on July 21.

Gatos had to fight back from a 4-0 deficit after two, and did it in grand fashion thanks to Doty. Will Schweitzer walked, Hori doubled and Tsunoda beat out an infield hit to load the bases. Doty followed with his 13th homer of the all-star season and his third grand slam to tie it.

Red Bluff took a 5-4 lead with a run in the fourth, but Los Gatos fought back in the fifth. Doubles by Schenkel and Webb tied the score, and Webb scored what proved the game winner when, after taking third on a passed ball, he came home on a wild pitch.

Faugno tossed the last 4 1/3 innings, holding Red Bluff to just one run.

Doty had a single to go with his slam and Hori, Schenkel and Webb each doubled. Tsunoda, Koch, Faugno and Nelson each singled.

The end came a day later, though, when Los Gatos lost 11-7 to Lafayette.

Webb ripped a homer and also singled, knocking in three runs, and Reid singled and doubled. Schenkel was 3 for 4, Koch doubled and Doty and Faugno each singled.

The locals trailed just 9-7 after four, but Lafayette added two in the fifth to clinch the win.

“This has been a dream all-star season for our boys and their families,” said Doty, the 11’s manager who was assisted by coaches Mike Grado and Jeff Benjamin. “We’ve had some incredible performances by all the boys throughout the tournaments; every one of these players has contributed [in] a complete team effort.”

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